Hawaiian

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Ha·wai·ian

or Ha·wai'·ian (hə-wä′yən)

a. A Native Hawaiian.

b. A native or inhabitant of the Hawaiian Islands or the state of Hawaii.

2. The Polynesian language of Hawaii.

Ha·wai′ian adj.

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Hawaiian

(həˈwaɪən)

adj

1. (Placename) of or relating to Hawaii, its people, or their language

2. (Peoples) of or relating to Hawaii, its people, or their language

3. (Languages) of or relating to Hawaii, its people, or their language

4. (Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Hawaii, esp one descended from Melanesian or Tahitian immigrants

5. (Languages) a language of Hawaii belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family

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Ha•wai•ian

(həˈwaɪ ən, -ˈwɑ yən)

n.

a. a member of the Polynesian people who are the aboriginal inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands.

b. the Austronesian language of this people.

2. any native or inhabitant of the Hawaiian Islands.

adj.

3. of or pertaining to the Hawaiian Islands, their inhabitants, or the language Hawaiian.

[1815–25]

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Noun	1.	Hawaiian - the Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic - an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages Aloha State, Hawaii, Hawai'i, HI - a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands
	2.	Hawaiian - a native or resident of Hawaii American - a native or inhabitant of the United States Native Hawaiian - a member or descendant of the indigenous Polynesian people who lived in the Hawaiian Islands
Adj.	1.	Hawaiian - of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language

Translations

havajština

hawaiano

havaiji

гавайский

hawaiiska

Hawaiian

[həˈwaɪjən]

A. ADJ → hawaiano

B. N → hawaiano/a m/f

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Hawaiian

[həˈwaɪən]

adj → hawaïen(ne)

(= person) → Hawaïen(ne) m/f

(= language) → hawaïen m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Hawaiian

adj → hawaii(ani)sch, Hawaii-; Hawaiian island → Hawaii-Insel f; Hawaiian Standard Time (US) → hawaiische Zeit

→ Hawaiianer(in) m(f)

(Ling) → Hawaiisch nt

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Hawaiian

[həˈwaɪjən]

1. adj → hawaiano/a

2. n

a. (person) → hawaiano/a

b. (language) → hawaiano

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An ancient Hawaiian war-club or spear-paddle, in its full multiplicity and elaboration of carving, is as great a trophy of human perseverance as a Latin lexicon.

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Some five months were spent in the various islands of the Hawaiian group.

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The series of soundings taken by the Susquehanna, had for its aim the finding of a favorable spot for the laying of a submarine cable to connect the Hawaiian Islands with the coast of America.

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Titus Coan, of the Hawaiian Islands, personally visited the Marquesas group, found the Typee Valley, and verified in all respects the statements made in 'Typee.' It is known that Mr.

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Then, too, Dad belonged to the Royal Hawaiian Yacht Club, and took us racing and cruising.

Ericson, and a mixed crew of Japanese and Hawaiians. We went up and down the Line Islands, first, until Dad was heartsick.

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She accomplished her voyage, and returned in safety to the islands, with the Hawaiian flag floating gloriously in the breeze.

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To see its full meaning one must start in the Hawaiian Islands half a century or more ago.* There Samuel Armstrong, a youth of missionary parents, earned enough money to pay his expenses at an American college.

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Since that day peace had reigned from the western shores of the Azores to the western shores of the Hawaiian Islands, nor has any man of either hemisphere dared cross 30dW.

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Then I learned it all over again with variations from the Hawaiians. They call it LOMI-LOMI.

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"The ukulele--that is what the Hawaiians call it, which means, my dear, the jumping flea.